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Tree Nurseries: Cultivating the Urban Jungle
Exotic trees in England and a rainforest in Zurich, a seed bank on the arctic island of Spitsbergen and urban agriculture in Tanzania, trade in old trees in China and biodiversity in Senegal. Tree Nurseries: Cultivating the Urban Jungle uses the ...
- ISBN: 9783037782187
- Dominique Ghiggi Ed(s)
- Softcover, 240 pages
- October 2010
- €35,00 (excl. VAT)
Touch me!
Gregor Eichinger argues that since the beginning of modernity the concept of surface has been neglected by architecture. A tendency for simplification, for a reduction to the abstract space and the material are the reason that today the topic is ...
- ISBN: 9783037782293
- Gregor Eichinger, Eberhard Tröger Ed(s)
- Hardcover, 184 pages
- September 2011
- €30,00 (excl. VAT)
Schweizer Fotobücher 1927 bis heute
Swiss Photobooks from 1927 to the Present offers a new overview of the history of Swiss photography. The focus is on seventy selected photobooks, from classics to long-forgotten publications, or brilliant works by contemporary photographic artists. ...
- ISBN: 9783037782743
- Peter Pfrunder, Fotostiftung Schweiz, Martin Gasser, Sabine Münzenmaier Ed(s)
- Hardcover, 704 pages
- October 2011
- €75,00 (excl. VAT)
Patterns and Structure
This collection of writings by Princeton University professor Guy Nordenson brings together previously published essays from 1973 to 2008. Nordenson’s essays provide the unique viewpoint of the structural engineer and design collaborator, adding ...
- ISBN: 9783037782194
- Guy Nordenson
- Softcover, 464 pages
- October 2010
- €40,00 (excl. VAT)
Other Space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli
Today we are witnessing a renewed enthusiasm for space exploration, with scientific expeditions, satellite launches, and the emergence of space tourism pushing us to reconsider our relationship with our planet. Other Space Odysseys has nothing to do ...
- ISBN: 9783037781937
- Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini, The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) Ed(s)
- Softcover, 160 pages
- February 2010
- €25,00 (excl. VAT)
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
One of Buckminster Fuller’s most popular works, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, is a brilliant synthesis of his world view. In this very accessible volume, Fuller investigates the great challenges facing humanity. ...
- ISBN: 9783037781883
- R. Buckminster Fuller
- Softcover, 152 pages
- February 2010
- €15,00 (excl. VAT)
Louis Kahn: Drawing to Find Out
Like few others, Louis Kahn cultivated the craft of drawing as a means to architecture. His personal design drawings – seen either as a method of discovery or for themselves – are unique in the twentieth century. Over two hundred drawings by Kahn ...
- ISBN: 9783037782217
- Michael Merrill
- Hardcover, 240 pages
- September 2010
- €59,00 (excl. VAT)
Landform Building
In contemporary architecture, “landform building” is much more than just a formal strategy. New technologies, new design techniques, and a demand for enhanced environmental performance have provoked a rethinking of architecture’s traditional ...
- ISBN: 9783037782231
- Stan Allen, Marc McQuade Ed(s)
- Hardcover, 480 pages
- June 2011
- €45,00 (excl. VAT)
Insular Insight
The islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea are places of pilgrimage for friends of contemporary art and architecture. Alongside works in public spaces and site-specific installations, the islands also feature museums ...
- ISBN: 9783037782552
- Lars Müller, Akiko Miki Ed(s)
- Hardcover, 464 pages
- July 2011
- €45,00 (excl. VAT)
Implicate & Explicate
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage excellence in architecture and other forms of intervention in the built environment of societies with Muslim presence. The award is ...
- ISBN: 9783037782422
- Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj, Salah M. Hassan, Gökhan Karakus, Yu Kongjian, Hanif Kara, Farshid Moussavi, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Alice Rawsthorn
- Hardcover, 352 pages
- January 2011
- €35,00 (excl. VAT)
